Representation by Paul Stephen Rawlinson
- Date submitted
- 22 June 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
This plan should be rejected. The airport authority has delivered on none of its previous commitments in terms of noise, pollution and infrastructure mitigation. It is inadequately overseen by Luton DC, who are hopelessly conflicted because they are dependent on the funds that tge airport generates and have no interest in dealing with the fallout in terms of 1 environment damage 2) poor air quality 3) CO2 output 4) inadequate road and rail infrastructure Even at present capacity these issues are hugely damaging. Expansion will make these issues worse by a significant order of magnitude The expansion case is based on flawed assumptions and out of date information. There is no demand or need for further expansion. Inflation, increased concern over air quality, CO2 emissions, noise, light pollution mean there is no justification for expansion. It’s driven by vanity and greed and would cause immeasurable damage